IC 4664
IC 4664
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4664 as it looked roughly 237 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 4672Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6483Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6398Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4656Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6502Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6483Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6398Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4656Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6502Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).